Ugo Tognazzi as The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lando Buzzanca as Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini as Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina as Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier as The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé as The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Franco Castellani as Giulio Francusi (segment "La Raccomandazione")

Maria Mannelli as Olimpia Ceccarelli (segment "Presa dalla Vita")

Mario Laurentino as The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Angela Portaluri as Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Kechler as Ministry of Public Works's Director (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Ugo Attanasio as General Olivazzi (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole")

Luciana Vincenzi as Brunette with two Latin Lovers (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini")

Carlo Bagno as Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas as Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Françoise Leroy as Nieli (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Sal Borgese as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Maria Luisa Rispoli as Wife at Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio")

Riccardo Paladini as Himself - TV Speaker (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco")

Mario Brega as Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Nino Nini as Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile Arte")

Ottavio Panunzi as Giovanni Bordignon (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno as Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Anna Lina Alberti as Woman Sitting next to Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") (uncredited)

Franco Caracciolo as Don Ilario (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Mario Cecchi Gori as Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier as (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter as Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming as Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Mario Frera as The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa as Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi as Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè as Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio Guidi as Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin as Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Renato Izzo as Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Grammar Judge (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina as Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi as The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara as The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani as The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Carmen Pericolo as Carmen, Actor's Assistant (segment "La Raccomandazione") (uncredited)

Carlo Reali as Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Jean Rougeul as Literary Critic (segment "La Musa") (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores as The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Leonardo Severini as Rocchetti (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo as (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Yacinto Yaria as Giacinto (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") (uncredited)

Efi Kamper as Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)